Quote Originally Posted by DWolfwood View Post
To the people saying we need a Mage tankPlus, I'm not sure you've thought out the defense aspect when you say that they could just cast spells. Surely you realize how under-powered this would be as time went on. They'd have to either give lighter clothing the same defense as heavy armor or rework defense entirely.
This is completely untrue, in other games with mage tanks they give them a unique buff that functions like the tank stances in this game. I posted it earlier but I'll repost it for your benefit. In Rift the mage wears the same gear as every other mage but it is a tank, it tanks by having a buff called Arcane Ward that it can keep up at all times, here's what it does, "enables Block. Causes Block to derive from the Mage's Intelligence. Increases Base Health by 25%, Resistances by 35%, and Armor by 150%. Increases threat generation by 300%. Reduces damage and healing done by 20%. " They could very easily add a buff like this and make it work and honestly I think if Trion could make the mage tank work, so could Yoshi's team.

Saying it would be underpowered is simply not true.